What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Weekly calendar of exhibits, music, theater, and more

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Wednesday, July 10, 2013 12:14 pm

BroadHollow Theatre Company brings "Spamalot," the highly irreverent parody of the Arthurian legend, to its Elmont stage on Saturday.

Exhibits and more...

Across Time & Place: Treasures from the Permanent CollectionThis rotating exhibition highlights a broad range of works by 19th and 20th century American and European artists from the Heckscher Museum’s Permanent Collection. Of particular interest is Étienne Berne-Bellecour’s monumental Embarkation Maneuver, 1882, which factually depicts the departure of a regiment of cuirassiers following the Franco-Prussian War. Heckscher Museum of Art, Main St. and Prime Ave., Huntington. (631) 351-3250 or www.heckscher.org. After ModernisM 2013: ‘AM’A showcase of work by five contemporary artists. The exhibit features Nina Chanel Abney, Justin Craun, Wendell Gladstone, Erik Parks and Tom Sanford. Through Oct. 13. Nassau County Museum of Art, Second Floor Galleries, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. 484-9337 or www.nassaumuseum.org.Alex Katz: Selections from the Whitney Museum of American ArtThis exhibition draws upon the Whitney’s extensive holdings of works by Alex Katz, one of America’s most honored living artists. It includes early landscapes and collages, as well as the enormous and brilliantly-colored portraits of family and friends that are a hallmark of the artist’s career. Through Oct. 13. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. 484-9337 or www.nassaumuseum.org.Claudia Waters: The Figure in Motion A solo exhibition of oil paintings, including 30 of Claudia Waters’ figurative seashore and pool paintings. Through July 12. Steinberg Museum of Art at Hillwood, LIU Post, Rte. 25A, Brookville. 299-4073 or www.liu.edu/museum. The Lyon, the Which and the Warhol: The SequelThis sequel to Hofstra Museum’s early spring exhibit highlights photography by artists Danny Lyons and Andy Warhol, focusing on themes of gender and identity. The exhibit also includes works by Diane Arbus, as well as those in other media by Oskar Kokoschka, Alfred Maurer, and Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi. Through Sept. 15. Hofstra University’s David Filderman Gallery, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-5672. Using the Lessons of the Holocaust to Teach ToleranceA contextualized history that explains the 1920s’ increase of intolerance, reduction of human rights, and lack of intervention that enabled the persecution and mass murder of millions of Jews and others. Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, 100 Crescent Beach Rd., Glen Cove. 571-8040 ext. 100 or www.holocaust-nassau.org.We Hold These Truths...This exhibition celebrates the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and examines slavery and the abolition movement through artworks, artifacts and ephemera. Artists include Willie Cole, Daniel Chester French, Richard Hunt, William H. Johnson, Glenn Ligon, and Kara Walker. Through July 26. Hofstra University’s Emily Lowe Gallery, Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-5672 or www.hofstra.edu/museum. Afternoon MovieSee “Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation,” the classic comedy with James Stewart and Maureen O’Hara, Friday, July 12, 2:30 p.m.; also “Miracle,” the story of the victorious 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team and its head coach Herb Brooks, Tuesday, July 16, 2 p.m. Elmont Memorial Library Theatre, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. 354-5280.Friday Film Watch “Lore,” a drama about five German children who undertake a harrowing journey following the Allies victory in World War II, Friday, July 12, 2 p.m. Rockville Centre Public Library, 221 N. Village Ave., Rockville Centre. 766-6257.At the MoviesView “Jack Reacher,” the thriller starring Tom Cruise, Thursday, July 18, 1 and 6:45 p.m. Baldwin Public Library, 2385 Grand Ave., Baldwin. 223-6228.Movie MatineeSee “Life of Pi,” the adventure about a young man cast away on an epic journey with a Bengal tiger, Thursday, July 18, 2 p.m. Franklin Square Public Library, 19 Lincoln Rd., Franklin Square. 488-3444.